Artificial insemination in Cats KORAY TEKIN Ankara niversitesi

Artificial insemination in Cats KORAY TEKIN Ankara Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi Reprodüksiyon ve Suni Tohumlama Anabilim Dalı

Goals to achieve 1. Indications 2. Challanges 3. Reproductive Physiology 4. Fertile Period 5. Deetermining the optimal time for AI 6. Semen Collection 7. AI Technique 8. Vaginal 9. Uterine 10. Surgical 11. Succes Rate with AI ? . Rules and Regulations for Semen exporting

Indications Limited !! Behavioral Physical when these do not relate to an inherited disease Anatomical Cryopreserved semen

Challenges İnduced ovulator !! Identification of the optimal time of mating Long interoestrous interval Reproductive anatomy Semen collection and volume the vestibule is narrow vagina narrower, cervix sits at an angle protruding through the dorsal vaginal wall, making catheterisation very difficult

Reproductive Long Day Physiology breeder!! Domestication? 14 h light Female-Queen Male - Tom Puberty 6 - 9 months Estrous Cycle Seasonal January to September House cats may cycle year round

Reproductive Pro-estrus. Physiology 1 - 2 days Attracted to males Rubs head and neck on objects Vocalization, posturing and rolling Estrus Accepts male 4 - 6 days if male present, 10 days if no male Ovulation 27 hours after mating (induced) Affectionate to aggressive towards

Reproductive Physiology Proestrus if queen did not ovulate 8 - 10 days Diestrus after ovulation psuedopregnancy - 40 days pregnancy - 60 days Anestrus 3 - 4 months

Reproductive Long Day Physiology breeder!! Proestrus, 0 - 2 d + Estrus, 2 -19 d Diestrus, Proestru s, 8 -10 d Diestrus Pregnant Pseudopregnant, ~40 d ~60 d Anestrus ,